You can CLICK on one of the Department or Division names in the table above to view
a list of that Department's Officers or Division's Enlisted Plank Owners.
You can CLICK on any "bar" to return to this index. You can use your browser's "FIND"
feature to locate a specific name,
--OR you can SCROLL down the entire list.

Long prior to commissioning, while CALIFORNIA was still a shell being
assembled at Newport News, Virginia, Navy men were assigned to her for
training and to assure quality construction. They followed her through
commissioning, testing, and multiple cruises from the Caribbean to
Northern Europe to the Medediterranean. They were the heart
of the ship.
This page is dedicated to the Plank Owners and to present and preserve
historical information that would otherwise be left in attics and closets,
or lost with the passing of those men who retain them as memories.
If any Plank Owner's name was not listed in the original Commissioning
Ceremony booklet, from which this list was taken, or if I mis-typed a name,
please Email me so that I can make the corrections.